Although RNA synthesis can be reliably controlled with different T7 transcriptional promoters during cell-free gene expression with the PURE system, protein synthesis remains largely unaffected. To better control protein levels, we investigated a series of ribosome binding sites (RBSs). Although RBS strength did strongly affect protein synthesis, the RBS sequence could explain less than half of the variability of the data. Protein expression was found to depend on other factors besides the strength of the RBS, including the GC content of the coding sequence. The complexity of protein synthesis in comparison to RNA synthesis was observed by the higher degree of variability associated with protein expression. This variability was also observed in an E. coli cell extract-based system. However, the coefficient of variation was larger with E. coli RNA polymerase than with T7 RNA polymerase, consistent with the increased complexity of E. coli RNA polymerase.

Cell-Free Translation Is More Variable than Transcription / Chizzolini, Fabio; Forlin, Michele; Yeh Martin, Noel; Berloffa, Giuliano; Cecchi, Dario; Mansy, Sheref S.. - In: ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. - ISSN 2161-5063. - 2017, 6:4(2017), pp. 638-647. [10.1021/acssynbio.6b00250]

Cell-Free Translation Is More Variable than Transcription

Fabio Chizzolini;Michele Forlin;Noel Yeh Martin;Giuliano Berloffa;Dario Cecchi;Sheref S. Mansy
2017-01-01

Abstract

Although RNA synthesis can be reliably controlled with different T7 transcriptional promoters during cell-free gene expression with the PURE system, protein synthesis remains largely unaffected. To better control protein levels, we investigated a series of ribosome binding sites (RBSs). Although RBS strength did strongly affect protein synthesis, the RBS sequence could explain less than half of the variability of the data. Protein expression was found to depend on other factors besides the strength of the RBS, including the GC content of the coding sequence. The complexity of protein synthesis in comparison to RNA synthesis was observed by the higher degree of variability associated with protein expression. This variability was also observed in an E. coli cell extract-based system. However, the coefficient of variation was larger with E. coli RNA polymerase than with T7 RNA polymerase, consistent with the increased complexity of E. coli RNA polymerase.
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Chizzolini, Fabio; Forlin, Michele; Yeh Martin, Noel; Berloffa, Giuliano; Cecchi, Dario; Mansy, Sheref S.
Cell-Free Translation Is More Variable than Transcription / Chizzolini, Fabio; Forlin, Michele; Yeh Martin, Noel; Berloffa, Giuliano; Cecchi, Dario; Mansy, Sheref S.. - In: ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. - ISSN 2161-5063. - 2017, 6:4(2017), pp. 638-647. [10.1021/acssynbio.6b00250]
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